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Virginia woman killed in I-70 crash

Hagerstown, Md.>> A Virginia woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash that shut down Interstate 70 for more than two hours on Thursday.

Helen Rose, a 40-year-old passenger, was flown to Meritus Medical Center by Maryland State Police Helicopter Trooper 3 where she succumbed to her injuries. Police said she was not wearing a seat belt.

Ernest Jones, 75, around 1 p.m. was driving a rented 2013 Kia Soul eastbound in the right lane of I-70, according to Maryland State Police, Hagerstown. Jones was distracted and did not see that traffic had stopped on the interstate because of construction at the Conococheague Creek bridge. Jones swerved onto the right shoulder. The vehicle went into the grass and up an embankment where it struck a log and a small tree. The vehicle rolled several times, and Rose was thrown from the vehicle.